Buried by T Moorland, manager, Ord River Station. Witnesses present at the burial were C Cook, J Wilson, W McKenna, Thomas Gollins, L Hutchinson, T O'Connor and W Thomas.
He was buried by H Gibbs. Witnesses present at the burial were Norman Weiman, F Williams and J Hollander. Death was certified in writing by Police Constable John Frederick Bond (Regimental No.1468), Halls Creek. His headstone states his age at 71 years. It is believed that he was once a mining engineer and the father of film star, Claudette Colbert. Confirmation of this was given, it was said, when some years earlier he was seriously ill in Perth and he gave Claudette as his next of kin. She apparently confirmed that her father was in "mining in Australia".
Informant Joseph Egan, manager, Ord River Station. Buried by CB Llewellyn. Witnesses present at the burial were CF Llewellyn and E Somerville. Note: Thought to be same person as Ref 0062 Sam Lee.
Known as Andy: He was the first white man to leave his bones in the East Kimberley. Andy was one of the drovers pioneering the north west station country. A site for a homestead was picked at a bend on the Forrest River (now Forrest Creek) about two miles up from its junction with the Ord River. Andy Giffney became sick with scurvy and died about a week after the station was formed.
Buried by A Lloyd. Witnesses present at the burial were Douglas Moore, store-keeper on Ord River Station, A Seaton and H Arthur. His estate was valued at £4.
Thought to be the same person as REF: 0058 Dam who died 23/4/1929. Informant was Joseph Egan, manager of Order River Station. Buried by CB Llewellyn. Witnesses present at the burial were CF Llewellyn and E Somerville.
Informant M McDonagh, AIM (Australian Inland Mission) sister, Halls Creek Buried by Joe Egan in witness of H Loder.
Buried by John Hans Jurgonsly. Witnesses present at the burial were J Darcy and E Barber. His dying wish was to be buried alongside his mate Francis Tudor Shadforth.
Buried by Joseph Egan. Witnesses present at the burial were Norman Weiman and Milton Willick. Death certified in writing by H Gibbs, Ord River Station. (REFER DAM / DAN (details are the same) & CJ McCABE.)
Birth registered as "Kate Emma". Buried by Arthur Lloyd and T Gollins. Death certified in writing by WD Moore, son, Ord River Station. A huge slab of stone was hand carved by Doug Moore to mark the last resting place of his mother. He was storekeeper, book-keeper, gardener and assistant manager between the years of 1900-1914 at the Ord. Her children wre described as being of genteel breeding and very pleasant company.
The deceased was buried by Joseph Egan and Police Constable AC Moray (Roman Catholic) in witness of Angus L McPhail, book-keeper, Ord River Station.
Pite died of injuries received in an aeroplane crash. About 60 years after he perished, his sister, Mrs Hickey, and her children placed on his grave a headstone which they had brought from Sydney.
Apparently, Pite came to the North West to join his uncle, Richard Macale, at Bow River, but things did not work out. He was working for the Quiltys at the time of his death.
According to Halls Creek historian Derek Keene (now deceased), whilst working at Bedford Downs Station, Pite received advice by telegram that his father was dying in NSW. Pite drove to Halls Creek to catch an aeroplane to begin the journey down to see his father. Apparently he and several others boarded a plane at Halls Creek, but on take off it failed to clear the fence at the end of the runway and crashed. All passengers survived the crash. Later that day, a small mail plane landed, but with only one spare seat, the other passengers allowed Pite to take the seat, so as to get to his dying father. Tragically, the plane crashed at Ord River Station, killing both Pite and the pilot.
Charles Henry Pite was the third of six children in the family. Their parents were married in Sydney in 1898. Charles' siblings were: Dorothy Adelaide born 1 October 1898; Walter Anthony born 1904; Marie Imelda born 1908; Isobel Angela born 1910; Cecilia Honoria born 7 September 1913. Adelaide Josephine was born 18 August 1876 in Queensland. She died 27 February 1944 in Petersham, New South Wales. Her husband was born 1870 in Sydney and died in Albury, New South Wales in 1855.
Informant George Burke, mail driver, Wyndham Buried by George Burke and Jim White.
The informant of the death was S.H.E. Leigh, manager, Ord River Station.
Shadforth's last words to his mate, Duncan McCauley, with whom he was out mustering at the time, were "see you anon".
His death certificate gave his occupation as 'packer'. His body was carried 40 miles on horse back to the homestead, by his mate Duncan McCauley. Duncan died 30 years later and his dying wish was to be buried at The Ord alongside his mate.
Shadforth worked as a stockman for the Duracks on Argyle and had decided on a change of stations. He had been warned of the danger of riding too close to the paperbarks when mustering along the Osmond River as the Aboriginals were notorious for running alongside the mustering stockmen, dodging amongst the trees and hurling insults and spears. He rode across the river but another native jumped up from tall grass and speared him. The spear travelled clean through his arm and into his side. He died as a result of the spearing.
Shadforth was one of a family of eleven, with six brothers and four sisters. His mother was born in Plymouth, England, in 1839; his father in Parramatta in 1831. The couple took their family to Queensland some time between 1778 and 1880, where their last two children were born. Sadly, Louisa died on 4 May 1888 in Queensland when she accidentally drowned in the Gregory River.
He was a pioneer of Lilydale on the Gregory River, Burketown. The family, having overlanded to the north of Australia, Tudor, the second son, was one of those who joined in the mad gold rush to Halls Creek in 1886.
Buried by Cecil Watts, the last burial in this cemetery. A metal plaque on a cross was erected on his grave by his Kimberley friends.